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Book SynopsisNow we look to these fish as an inspiration for engineering new sensors, computer interfaces, autonomous undersea robots, and energy-efficient batteries.
Trade ReviewThis beautifully written and exhaustively researched book traces the links between experiments on strongly electric fish and scientific understanding of electricity... Turkel's book is a joy to read; it will entertain and educate scientists, historians, and anyone with an interest in the natural world. Choice Turkel's book convincingly reminds us that all the laptops and gadgets we surround ourselves with are remixes; altered versions of strongly electric fish. For that strange and insightful observation, this book ought to be widely read and enjoyed. -- Chris Conway Endeavour [I]t is refreshing to explore a book which takes seriously ancient encounters with manifestations of natural electricity as precursors to more recent innovations. -- James F. Stark The British Journal for the History of Science
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Strongly Electric Fish
2. Modeling Animal Electricity
3. Electrophysiology
4. The Spark of Life
5. Evolutionary Theories
6. Electric Currents
7. Discovering Electric Worlds
Conclusion: Nothing but a Movement of Electrons
Notes
Bibliography
Index
